Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die Chords by Jethro Tull
- Key: C
- BPM: 75
- Capo: no capo
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TOO OLD TO ROCK 'N' ROLL: TOO YOUNG TO DIE CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] Cm Ab F Eb Db F C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F G C Am The old rocker wore his hair too ■ long G Wore his trouser cuffs too tight C Cm G Am G ■ Unfashionable ■ to the end drank his ale too light [Verse] C D G Death's head belts buckle yesterday's dreams E7 Am D The transport caf' prophet of doom G C D G ■ Ringing no change in his double sewn seams Em Am In his postwar babe gloom D D7 Now he's too old to rock 'n' ■ roll [Chorus] Bb But he's too young to die C F Bb Yes he's too old to rock 'n' roll Eb Am But he's too young to die Dm He once owned a Harley Davidson Dm And a triumph Bonneville Bb C F Counted his friends in burned out spark plugs Bb Eb And prays that he always will Bb F But he's the last of the blue blood greasers boys [Inst] Cm Ab F Eb Db F C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] F G C A7 And all of ■ ■ his mates are doing time Dm G Gsus4 C F Married with three kids up by ■ the ring road G C Am Dm Sold their souls straight down the line G C And some of them own little sports cars D G Em And meet at the tennis club do's Am For drinks on a Sunday work on Monday D G They've thrown away their blue ■ suede shoes C Now they're too old to rock 'n' roll D And they're too young to die G And they're too old to rock 'n' roll Em And they're too young to die Am D So the old rocker gets out his bike [Chorus] Bb C To make a ton before he takes his leave F Up on the Aone by Scotch Corner Bb Eb Just like it used to be A7 Dm And as he flies tears in his eyes Bb C His windwhipped words echo the final take F Bb Eb Bb And he hits the trunk road doing around a one ■ hundred and twenty Bb With no room left to brake F7 F Bb And he was too old ■ to rock 'n' roll C7 But he was too young to die F Bb He was too old to rock 'n' roll Eb Bb And ■ he was too young to die F7 No you're never too old to rock 'n' roll Bb If you're too young to die C F Bb Eb No you're never too old to rock 'n' roll ■ Bb C But he was too young to die [Outro] Cm Ab F Eb Db F ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]